Example sentences of "but [pron] do [art] " in BNC.
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1 | But I do a piece now and again . |
2 | I 'm not much of a cook but I do a passable roast . |
3 | but I do a bit more now , I think he 's |
4 | ‘ But I do the best I can . ’ |
5 | But I do the back one 's twice , cos I do them with water as well . |
6 | But I did a big tour with Elton John in 1980 . |
7 | Well what I tried last weekend , not quite crying but I did a sort of moody sort of thing , I di I was really quiet and I just ignored everyone and I was like really like you know did n't say a word . |
8 | Dick described his part in the restoration project as ‘ chase and race ’ — ‘ I wish I had the time to do the mechanical work , I like that , but I did the parts sourcing and chasing and telephone calls . |
9 | I said to myself , I 'll not get another like that , but I did the very next ball ! |
10 | But I did the whole of Orkney for a while I did everything that could be done . |
11 | But I did the props er on , on the next one round and then we moved , I thought , well I was pregnant anyway . |
12 | A product well worth noting that definitely is n't a page makeup package in the terms described here but which does a better job when it comes to producing newsletter pages and so on is Newswriter . |
13 | It is a long day , but you do the show and you have a buzz , so you go to the pub . |
14 | Oh yeah , oh there 's hundred 's of jobs want doing round here again , but you do the same ones over and over again and I think to myself what a waste of a day . |
15 | But you do the trick and get him out ? |
16 | Well , for a hundred miles or an hour , but you did a tenth of a mile in a , a thousandth of an hour . |
17 | Yeah but you did the weather all sunny on the computer . |
18 | Yeah but she does a bit out here and I 'm bit , feel a bit embarrassed when him and |
19 | Mrs. Dolman was even shorter than my mother 's — 4′ 10″ , but she did a wonderful job in bringing up her family single handed after the tragic death of her husband . |
20 | But who did the actual stealing ? |
21 | But who did the groundwork ? |
22 | But we do a lot more than that — and that is what the politicians do n't like . |
23 | It was a far cry from life at Coleherne Court , where there was no one but herself to do the washing , ironing and vacuuming . |
24 | I thought there might be somewhere where they 'd have an old circular saw you know , probably got a bit more chance with help , but they do a bit of rough cutting do you know what I mean ? |
25 | Its front is Georgian , and inside it looks rather ordinary , but they do an excellent pub lunch and in winter there are roaring log fires . |
26 | ‘ All right , all right , yes ; but they do the best they can . ’ |
27 | ‘ But they do the easy part — they do n't take orders or stock a wide range . ’ |
28 | I 've got two boxes at home , but I I mean its not brilliant , but they do the job for me could be worth cos he driving out there as well , would n't mind start get the old ferry ticket 's tomorrow and piss off over there , straight through France , |
29 | But they did a very rapid rejig , obviously , for the later editions . |
30 | ‘ It was hard work but they did a fantastic job on me . |